Daniel Lewis (Tennessee)
Daniel Lewis was a 2015 candidate for District 28 of the Nashville Metro Council in Tennessee. The general election took place on August 6, 2015.
Previously, Lewis was a Libertarian candidate for Governor of Tennessee in the 2014 elections.[1] Daniel Lewis (Tennessee) lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Prior to Lewis' nomination for governor at the 2014 Libertarian Party of Tennessee's annual convention, Lewis was nominated by the party in the 2012, 2010, 2008 and 2004 general elections. He ran for District 52 of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2012 elections and for the state house seat representing District 53 in 2010.
Since the Libertarian Party is not a recognized political party in Tennessee, he appeared on the ballot as an independent candidate in each election.[2]
Biography
Lewis was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany and moved to Pennsylvania when he was in fourth grade. He received a bachelor's degree from Tennessee Temple University in 1992 and a master's degree in education from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2002. His professional experience includes working in market research as a survey checker and working as a teacher in public and private schools.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2015
Lewis' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[4]
Crime
- Excerpt: "I support reducing the size, cost, reach and power of government related to defining crimes. Metro Council must direct scarce law enforcement resources to dealing with crimes against persons and property. I will only sponsor or vote for legislation that decreases the size, cost, reach, and power of Metro government on the issue of crimes."
Economic development
- Excerpt: "I will only sponsor or vote for legislation that decreases the size, cost, reach, and power of Metro government on the issue of economic development."
Education
- Excerpt: "I support reducing the size, cost, reach and power of Metro government on the issue of education."
Emanate domain
- Excerpt: "Emanate domain is theft. Emanate domain involves the government coercing individuals to sell their property to make room for government or private development."
Taxes
- Excerpt: "Taxation is theft. I support reducing the size, cost, reach and power of Metro government on the issue of taxation."
Elections
2015
The city of Nashville, Tennessee, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and metro council on August 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was May 21, 2015. All 41 metro council seats—including the office of vice mayor—were up for election. In District 28, Tanaka Vercher defeated Daniel Lewis and Melissa Smithson. Incumbent Duane Dominy was term-limited.[5][6]
| Nashville City Council District 28 General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Tanaka Vercher |
54.5% | 849 | |
| Melissa Smithson | 38.5% | 599 | |
| Daniel Lewis | 6.9% | 107 | |
| Write-in | 0.1% | 2 | |
| Total Votes | 1,557 | ||
| Source: City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015 | |||
2014
- See also: Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2014
Lewis ran for election to the office of Governor of Tennessee. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.[1] He appeared on the ballot as an Independent candidate because there is no official Libertarian party in Tennessee. However, according to Ballot Access News, the Tennessee Libertarian Party filed suit on July 30, 2014, to designate Lewis as "Libertarian" on the ballot.[7]
| Governor of Tennessee, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Bill Haslam Incumbent |
70.3% | 951,796 | |
| Democratic | Charles V. "Charlie" Brown | 22.8% | 309,237 | |
| Independent | John Jay Hooker | 2.3% | 30,579 | |
| Constitution | Shaun Crowell | 2% | 26,580 | |
| Green | Isa Infante | 1.4% | 18,570 | |
| Independent | Steve Coburn | 0.6% | 8,612 | |
| Independent | Daniel Lewis | 0.6% | 8,321 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0% | 33 | |
| Total Votes | 1,353,728 | |||
| Election results via Tennessee Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Lewis ran in the 2012 election for Tennessee House of Representatives District 52. Lewis was defeated by incumbent Michael Stewart (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Stewart Incumbent |
75.6% | 12,601 | |
| Independent | Daniel Lewis | 24.4% | 4,060 | |
| Total Votes | 16,661 | |||
2010
Lewis was defeated by Democrat Janis Baird Sontany in the general election on November 2, 2010.[9]
Campaign finance summary
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Recent news
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See also
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Nashville, Tennessee municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- City of Nashville Election Commission - 2015 Candidate Petition List
- Official campaign website
- Daniel Lewis on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tennessee Secretary of State, "Elections," April 7, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Tennessee, "Candidates: Governor, Daniel T. Lewis," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ The Chattanoogan, 'Libertarian Daniel Lewis Qualifies For House District 26 Race," March 3, 2004
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Daniel Lewis campaign website, accessed July 31, 2015
- ↑ City of Nashville, "Davidson County Election Commission," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ City of Nashville Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed September 15, 2015
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "Tennessee Libertarian Party Files Ballot Access Lawsuit," August 3, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Department of State - Elections, "List of 2012 Candidates," accessed July 5, 2012
- ↑ Official House Election Results, 2010
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